So, I'm having surgery this coming Tuesday. I've been worrying about this for over a month now, and I'm READY to get it over with. Well, last night, or maybe early this morning...I woke up twice, once at 11:30pm and once at 4am...I took one Advil (ibuprofen), 200mg, whilst half asleep, and it wasn't until I was fully awake this morning that I'd realized what I had done. In the US, you're advised by most surgeons to stop taking any NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, etc.) for at least a week, some say 2 weeks, before surgery because they can affect your platelet function/blood clotting aka they can cause excessive bleeding. Anyway, obviously I'm freaking out because although I've been dreading surgery, I also just want to GET IT OVER WITH. I don't want to have to postpone it. I emailed my surgeon, and he said not to worry about it. That's not super consistent with other things I've read online, but if he's not worried about it, neither am I... or so you'd think. Well, so this is when my OCD rears its ugly head, and says, "okay... but are you sure you took ibuprofen and not naproxen?" The other day, I knocked a bottle of naproxen off of my counter and it's been sitting on the floor (talk about lazy haha) ever since. But the sight of it triggered me into thinking, well, maybe I took that. Even though, when I think about it, rationally, the only time I ever take naproxen is for my period (sorry if that's TMI haha), and I take Advil for basically everything else. My OCD has plopped this worry in my head, making me unsure of which medication I took, and now has me worried I need to postpone my surgery.